Draft Wire's Day 2 mock: Lions keep restocking defense

Draft Wire's Day 2 mock: Lions keep restocking defense

Luke Easterling of Draft Wire spent the entire evaluation cycle mocking the Lions’ needs well. Now that the first round is in the books and Detroit has their linebacker, how does Easterling see the Lions proceeding?

Draft Wire’s day 2 mock draft has Detroit not just doubling down on defense; doubling down on doubling down (wait, would that be tripling down or quadrupling down?).

In the second round, Easterling mocked Michigan cornerback Jourdan Lewis to Detroit at No. 53. Lewis qualifies in three of four cornerback QIB categories, and while he isn’t the value an Obi Melifonwu or Chris Wormley would have reprecented if they fell, in this mock those players didn’t fall.

While I believe it’s highly unlikely we get to day three of the draft without the Lions taking any offensive players, it’s hard to find fault with Easterling’s third-round pick: Ohio EDGE Tarell Basham.

Whoa!

Would Davis, Lewis and Basham do an outstanding job of filling Detroit’s biggest roster holes? There’s no question about it. Will there be running backs, receivers and tight ends in the fourth and fifth rounds? Absolutely.